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Chettinad Health City

In research, Chettinad Health City stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,945 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,846 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,489 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Periodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery — Periodontics is 30.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,260
of 28,054 · #19,142 all time
Rank in India
#649
of 1,840
Research works
1.3k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Chettinad Health City known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,945 of 11,982 4.3%342 #9874
Physical SciencesDomain #7,846 of 12,888 14.5%74 #16386
MedicineField #7,489 of 10,443 3.9%234 #10727
Life SciencesDomain #6,245 of 7,800 8.9%63 #11335
DentistryField #335 of 367 3.7%73 #731

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chettinad Health City sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#9,874 #4,945
  2. Physical Sciences#16,386 #7,846
  3. Medicine#10,727 #7,489
  4. Life Sciences#11,335 #6,245
  5. Dentistry#731 #335
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Chettinad Health City specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Periodontics takes 30.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PeriodonticsSubfield · 20.8 works30×
  2. DentistryField · 72.6 works30×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 28.6 works29×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.37× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 29.52× its world share, 73 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 234 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 29.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chettinad Health City?

Ranked on the composite score, Jayakar Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chettinad Health City.

  1. 1 Jayakar Thomas India · #1,307,308 worldwide 2 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Chettinad Health City

Which keywords describe research at Chettinad Health City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Dental Caries, Psychological Factors, Diagnosis, Risk Factors and Complications.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology68▲ 3.4×85 topics
  2. Quality of Life40▲ 5.4×31 topics
  3. Treatment22▲ 3.5×33 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 1.67×43 topics
  5. Risk Factors17▲ 3.1×25 topics
  6. Diagnosis17▲ 3.5×29 topics
  7. COVID-1916▲ 2.3×16 topics
  8. Dental Caries14▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Nanoparticles13▲ 2.1×16 topics
  10. Complications13▲ 5.1×16 topics
  11. Management13▲ 3.2×19 topics
  12. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.8×11 topics
  13. Psychological Factors12▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Surgical Management11▲ 5.2×17 topics
  15. Global Burden11▲ 3.9×8 topics
  16. Obesity11▲ 2.8×19 topics
  17. Orthognathic Surgery10▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Prevention10▲ 4.6×9 topics
  19. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  20. Oral Health10▲ 33×3 topics
  21. Periodontal Disease9▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate8▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Root Canal Irrigants8▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Osteoporosis8▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Dental Materials8▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Restorative Dentistry8▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Oral Microbiome8▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Periodontal Diseases8▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Pain Management8▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Cone-Beam CT7▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Dental Imaging7▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Dental Anxiety7▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Dental Esthetics7▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Local Anesthetics7▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Orthodontic Tooth Movement7▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Fluoride7▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Social Determinants7▲ 6.2×3 topics
  40. Remineralization6▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Chettinad Health City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, Dental materials and restorations, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

Endodontics and Root Can…8Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 8 fractional worksDental materials and res…8Dental materials and restorations: 8 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 8 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…7Dental Radiography and Imaging: 7 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…7Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 7 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 7 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 6 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…5Dental Research and COVID-19: 5 fractional worksDental Trauma and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 4 fractional works
Oral SurgeryOrthodonticsPeriodonticsGeneral Dentistry2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 8 works
  3. 3 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 8 works
  4. 4 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 7 works
  7. 7 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 6 works
  8. 8 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 5 works
  9. 9 Dental Trauma and Treatments Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chettinad Health City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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